conically shaped. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Ah, some ubiquitous DVD conically cut ahead of some showy sale. From Wordnik.com. [Planet-x.com.au » Anthony Robbins – The 2 Audio discount AudioBook – The] Reference
And it consists of a water table, which is a conically shaped, very asymmetrical table. From Wordnik.com. [Boundaries] Reference
Falling in among the conically clad assassins, the newcomers proceeded to spread havoc and death. From Wordnik.com. [Running From The Deity]
They have a cylindrical form, run conically towards below and end with a plane, round surface of 2 to 5 mm dia. From Wordnik.com. [2. Tools and Fasteners/Joining Elements for Nailing and Screwing] Reference
One log had a conically shaped end that fit into the hollowed-out end of the other log and an iron collar that bound the two together. From Wordnik.com. [Excavating Beekman - Area 1] Reference
This = must be light = or otherwise the heads which will grow from the crown will open out instead of keeping firmly closed and conically shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs] Reference
All pivots have a tendency to draw the oil away from the jewels, and particularly the conically formed variety, which develops a strong capillary attraction. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material] Reference
If a cylindrical bit of cast iron about an inch in diameter is turned down conically nearly to a point, it will save a good deal of trouble in making separate cones. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
The top, of the same copper as the sides and bottom, is depressed conically. like a hopper, and wired at its outer edge, forming a lip all around for pouring out of. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882] Reference
Each of the conically shaped multiple independently-targetable re-entry vehicles was about forty centimeters in width at the bottom, tapering to a needle point one hundred fifty centimeters above its base. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum of all Fears]
Shaped conically in matte black and brushed aluminum, with three circular discs that jut out like flying saucers, the BeoLab 5 conjures thoughts of Star Trek just as well as sounds of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. From Wordnik.com. [Talking About Design] Reference
The valves are conical, double-seated, and of cast iron, and the inlet and outlet valves are placed the one above the other, the seats being also conically ground and inserted through the cover of the valve chest. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
It consists of strong walls of about 16ft. square, with an opening in the centre of about 3ft. wide, which terminates conically in the north wall of the stove 2 ft. wide where part of the broken arch bears evident marks of fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath] Reference
The action in Fig. 2 may be said to be analogous to that of a plain solenoid with its core, except that repulsion, and not attraction, is produced, while that of Fig. 3 is more like the action of tapered or conically wound solenoids and taper cores. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887] Reference
When forged, turned, and brought under a hammer, a standard mandrel of steel, conically shaped to suit the form of the cone in the hoop, but of a slightly increased diameter, is introduced, the smaller end of the mandrel being able to enter the larger end of the hoop. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
The base is hollowed conically, and the enamel is smooth. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Later, PC axons develop a conically shaped terminal arbor. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
This is, as I have said, composed of large "beehive" houses thatched conically with straw. From Wordnik.com. [African Camp Fires] Reference
On the south side of this island, there is a small one, which rises conically in a high peak. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
The base of the crown is conically hollow: the dentine is concentric; and the enamel is finely wrinkled. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
A conically-formed helmet rested upon the brow; the beaver was raised, and revealed harsh but commanding features. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
You approach it from the sea by a narrow entrance, flanked on each side by two small twin islets which soar conically to the height of some five hundred feet. From Wordnik.com. [Typee] Reference
You approach it from the sea by a narrow entrance, flanked on either side by two small twin islets which soar conically to the height of some five hundred feet. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life] Reference
A redeeming expression in the high forehead, conically rising, and the strong character exhibited in his nose, neutralized in some sort the generally-unattractive outline. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia] Reference
Eastford watched the ever-increasing heap at the bottom, rising conically, changing its shape every moment, as little avalanches of the sand fell away from its heightening sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Strong Arm] Reference
Cordate - lanceolate, Cordate - fagittatc, £ in Geranium cucullatum: in fhape of the paper rolled up conically by grocers for fmall parcels of fpices, comfits, &c. rijp/s iriandrus. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
In every resting-place were two fair antique arches where the light came in: and by those they went into a cabinet, made even with and of the breadth of the said winding, and the reascending above the roofs of the house ended conically in a pavilion. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1] Reference
In two places, unfortunately outside of the entrances to the caves in question, where atmospheric and perhaps other influences had been destructively at work, there were found conically pointed basalt prisms, which exhibited unmistakable traces of hieroglyphic writing. From Wordnik.com. [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference
The bowl and stem are both conically excavated. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510] Reference
2. 5. by proving that a vessel of oblate spheroidal form -- of 30 cubits in the periphery, and 10 cubits in the major axis -- would (according to the acknowledged relation of the bath to the cubit) hold exactly 2,000 baths liquid measure, and 3,000 baths when filled and heaped up conically with wheat (as specified in Ezekiel, xlv. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
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